Another photo from my trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington. This was taken about 5 minutes before my other photo, when the sun was just beginning to set behind the distant hills.
For this shot I used a low ISO, which caused the motion in the tulips from the breeze to be captured.
Another shot that really needs to be viewed large and on black!
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@jgpittenger Thanks Jane! Yes, the 7-bladed aperture in this lens gives 14-pointed starbursts around bright light sources (with an odd number of blades you always get double the number of points). The further the lens is stopped down, the more significant they become.
I rather like the effect so I like to stop the lens down quite significantly at sunset to get this effect -- around f/11-f/16 works well, but it will vary by the lens in question. Here's another photo where I did the same thing to cause a very similar effect: http://365project.org/abirkill/365/2013-01-18
Again great shot. But I need to ask why ISO 100 on this shot and (was it 640) on the other? Taken close that same time too. Just curious. Noise concern? Also have you ever used a ND Graduated Filter such as a Cokin? I always try to use one at sunsets (w/ soft edge) ...mixed results.
@brianl Hi Brian. I wanted a shot which captured the movement of the tulips in the breeze (this shot) and a shot which froze the tulips (the previous shot), hence the differing ISO settings. In both shots I used a Lee 0.9 hard graduated filter.
Congrats on TT! Well Deserved! Oh my when i first saw this i was like why isn't this # 1!!! But i fav'ed Michael's also...so I am sorry i didn't see this earlier! I bet it was a close call!! :)
I rather like the effect so I like to stop the lens down quite significantly at sunset to get this effect -- around f/11-f/16 works well, but it will vary by the lens in question. Here's another photo where I did the same thing to cause a very similar effect: http://365project.org/abirkill/365/2013-01-18